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GEORGE F. RICHARDSON, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THE UTIOA FURNITURE COMPANY, (LIMITED,) O'F SAME PLAGE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 264,760, dated September 19, 1882. Application led July T, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern Be it known that- I, GEORGE F. RICHARD- soN, of Utica, in the county of Oneida, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads, of which the following,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in a novel combinaro tion and arrangement, in a bedstead, ot' two rails at each side thereof, one constituting the side board or side rail proper and being connected to the post at or near the outer edge thereof, and the other being connected to the post at or near the inner edge thereof and arranged a proper distance below the top edge of the outer rail to support the slats or bedbottom independently of said outer rail or side rail proper.

The invention also consists in the combination, with the aforesaid side rail and bottomsupporting rail, of a valance suspended from the upper or outer side rail and covering the the exterior ot' the bottom-supporting rail and the n hole or larger part of the upper rail, all

as hereinafter more fully described, and specitically set forth in the claims.

The object of the aforesaid combination and arrangement of parts is to more eiectually 3c, brace the hedstead both vertically and laterally, and to place the bed a proper distance below the edge of the upper rail and support it independently of said rail without materially increasing the cost of the structure.

The invention is fully illustrated in the ac companying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bedstead constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of one side of the 4o same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the post of the bedstead, and b. the side rail, connected thereto by any suitable known means, and at or near the outer edge of the post.

a is an additional or extra side rail, arranged somewhat lower than the side rail proper, and secured in a similar manner to the post A, at

rail, a', I place the slats s, which support the bed, the slats having a bearing across the entire width of said rail and receiving the support of the entire depth of the same. By means ot' dowel-pins projecting from the top of the rail a and entering the under side of the slats, the latter are retained in position and the former is stift'ened laterally.

C represents a valance hung from the side rail, b, proper, and covering the ends of the (o slats s and exterior of the bottomsupporting rail, a, thereby allowing me to use cheap material for the hidden rail a. The vertical and horizontal offsets in the disposition ot' the two rails b and a afford two bearings ot' said rails 65 at different heights on the post and against opposite edges of the same, and thus eifectnally brace the structule both vertically and horizontally.

Havingdescribed myinvention,whatlclaim 7o xs- 1. The combination and arrangement, with the posts A and the side rail, b, ot' the bottomsupporting rail a, connected to the posts relatively lower than the side rail and independently thereof, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination and arrangement, with the post A, of the side rail, b, attached to the post near the outer edge thereof, and the bot- 8o tom-supporting rail a, connected to the post beneath the side rail, independently ofthe lat ter, and at or near the inner edge of the post, substantially as described and shown, for the purpose set forth.

In testimonywhereof have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of two attest-ingwitnessesat Utica,in the county of Oneida, in the State of New York, this 30th day of May, 1882.

GEO. F. RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

C. H. DUELL, P. F. KEEGAN.

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